Mariam's POV
What had that been?
I couldn’t manage to close my mouth again by the time Robert and Melany stopped kissing. The karaoke music continued playing, waiting for the next participants, but no one had stepped forward to grab the microphone.
As if I were watching a movie in a reality that wasn’t my own, I saw Melany release Robert's hand and leave the room as if she had just woken up from a dream that, although pleasant, she wished she hadn’t had.
"Melany!" I reacted when I saw her run out.
I also snapped out of the stupor caused by the unthinkable.
I caught up to her outside the house, and only because she had stopped. She seemed to be searching for something on the sidewalk, maybe a portal back to reality.
"Melany," I repeated as I approached her.
"Did you see it? Did you
